I loved El Laberinto del Fauno (like anybody else whom had chance it to espy), it pulled me in immediately. It was a wonderful blend of the real world and the fringes of Faerie. And it shocked me in a couple of places, which I really enjoyed. That reminded me of reading of reading familiar Fairy tales in their oldest folk forms. :) Prior to PL I was aware of you from Hellboy and Blade II. But it was PL that really made me sit up and take notice! And it also got me looking back at what else you've done, like Cronos and Devil's Backbone. I'm really glad for that. (Funny how a door is closed, until some event comes along, makes you take notice, and then you open it...!?!) Anyway, back to Faerie...

I was wondering if you've read much, or any, of George McDonald, and what you might have thought of it? Lilith is my favourite of his. (My friend Joel from CO was good enough to lend me his copy.) I thought that might have been one you would have liked as well. Or maybe not; but it seems to me it would have fit your descriptions of what you like and don't. William Morris is another Edwardian era fantasy author I like. Also, have you read the recent author Susanna Clarke? She wrote: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a bit over the top in a couple of places, but quite unlike anything anyone else has done in a long while; and, The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories. I like what she says in explaining the difference between Faerie and our world (as it exists in her stories), she says... Men and fairies have much in common, the primary difference being: Men have a great talent for logic and reason, but a small talent for magic; Fairies have a natural talent for enchantment and magic, but a small talent for logic and reason. That, it seems to me, is elegant, simple, and yet powerful. It explains very much, while saying very little. I don't know if that has been said before by someone else somewhere else, or whether she coined that definition herself.